Tanji Patton is an Emmy award-winning journalist who produces a fun, engaging and informative Web site called Good Taste With Tanji. You can read more about Tanji on her Web site and can follow her on Twitter at twitter.com/TanjiPatton and Facebook.

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Learning about olive oils is a bit like learning about wine. There are so many brands; they all have different unique taste profiles, and terroir also plays a big role in their flavor as it does with wine. My advice is don’t spend a lot of money on the olive oil you cook with…the oil […]
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How many of you watch as much TV now as you did five years ago? I can assure you based on research numbers I’ve seen, you’re watching less. During my nearly 20 years in the TV biz, I heard from viewers all the time … too much violence, too much bad news and never enough […]
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I love my Les Dames d’Escoffier cookbook. There are some fabulous recipes inside from some of my favorite chefs like Lidia Bastianich (who cooked in my kitchen recently!) and Julia Child. In fact, they make GREAT Christmas gifts. There’s a delicious recipe in the cookbook that takes me back to the Tuscan hillsides of Italy…an […]
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When Lidia Bastianich recently shot some cooking segments with me in my kitchen, she talked about choosing the right olive oil for the right dish. Did you know that olive oils from northern Italy are best for salads? I didn’t. Olive oil is produced in just about all of Italy’s twenty regions, and they all […]
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Italian wines are some of the best in the world in my opinion. Every time I break out a bottle of Brunello I’m reminded of the beautiful Tuscan hills–Italy was the inspiration for my website. So, you can imagine what a thrill it was when Lidia Bastianich and I cooked together in my kitchen. In […]
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Lidia Bastianich, one of the most popular chefs in the TV world, recently visited San Antonio to promote the PBS station here, KLRN. While in SA, Lidia stopped by my house to shoot a few cooking segments for my website. She prepared a scrumptious chicken and olives dish from the Le Marche region of Italy. […]
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I’ve interviewed tons of TV personalities over the years – some impressed me, others disappointed me. Lidia Bastianich is an impeccable pro! The warm, enthusiastic, passionate ‘Lidia’ you see on PBS is the exact person who came to my house Sunday to shoot a cooking segment for my website. I answered the ring at my […]
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I still can’t believe it. For those who don’t know who Lidia is, you may be saying so what. But, for those who do know, you’ll understand my excitement. The Italian gourmand and PBS TV personality is in SA for a wine pairing dinner event tonight at the St. Anthony hotel. We’re shooting a cooking […]
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